CDT: Global Internet Freedom Should Be Top Human Rights and Foreign Policy Priority

CDT: Global Internet Freedom Should Be Top Human Rights and Foreign Policy Priority

May 20, 2008

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The Congress and Administration should make global Internet freedom a top human rights and foreign policy priority, CDT said today in testimony submitted to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law. The government should closely monitor and report on global Internet freedom and factor progress in this area into criteria for development assistance and conditions for trade agreements. CDT also called for greater cooperation between the U.S. government and the technology industry to better manage human rights risks associated with offering Internet services in repressive countries.